Wisconsin Woods

With preacher buddy Ajay yelling at folk a few hours down I-95 in Philly these days, we weren’t sure just how preaching was going to roll at Seven Mile this year. We’ve settled into a very cool pace as roughly once a month a different Track guy is trotting in from the bullpen taking the mound. February was Sergio rocking Noah. I’ve got April to myself thanks to Easter. Justin (Ruth) and John  (Jonah) have May and June respectively.

This week Brent throws, with The Moses Biography as his topic. I handed this one off not because it would be tough to connect Moses to Jesus, but because it seemed intimidating to do it in one sermon. Jesus it totally the Moses to come in a bunch of ways, can’t wait to hear Brent unfold one or more for me this week.

My first memory of Brent watching him listening while I preached. I didn’t know him yet, but his face betrayed a heart that was soft and intent of receiving from and responding to the Word. I remember thinking “God has brought that dude’s heart alive. What grace.”

Then I found out he was raised in the Wisconsin woods (by human parents,  not wolves, I think) and consciously selects to spend time fishing, and so naturally I figured I was wrong about him.

But I wasn’t. One of the joys of my year has been running real close with Brent and Jessie as we work with them in discerning call and what it could look like here for at least a while. I have received a ton from his spirit, his story, his passion, his way, and hope to do the same from his preaching. Excited.

~ by Matthew Kruse on March 24, 2009.